Hey folks, we have a real treat for you this week. We’re joined by Thomas Ayling, a writer who works with the Huffington Post along with providing motivation for writers through his non-fiction best seller ‘How to Find Your Passion’ as well as his free video course, The Self Publishing System.
Join us this week as we pick his brain about overcoming obstacles such as writers block, motivation, and even learning disabilities. This promises to be a very entertaining and informative episode!
Here’s a little bio Tom sent with attached links for our viewers:
Tom Ayling is the founder of Self Publishing System, (selfpublishingsystem.com) a course showing others how to write and publish a book in 3 months. Tom is a #1 Bestselling Author of ‘How to Find Your Passion:10 Simple Steps To Living A Purpose Driven Life‘. Tom also is a marketing expert, this allows his passion and purpose to be visible by many.
What time does it start again? I’ve forgotten >.<
BatmanErica In just over three hours, I think
DemelzaCarlton thanks. So that’s 2pm for me. Hopefully I’m back from lunch in time. Got lunch with my dad today. Never know what time he’ll turn up or how long we’ll be at the cafe 😀
BatmanErica 45 min.
BatmanErica 7 Pacific 10 Eastern. No freaking clue on your time zone. 🙂
BatmanErica DemelzaCarlton Erica’s here!
Get your questions ready SPRT fans. I’m counting on you!
GERONIMO!
Made it! 🙂
xgranville Allonsy
First question – why is his hair so great?
Own your snark, Michelle!
CateMorgan 🙂
CateMorgan hello Cate
I don’t want to interrupt him, I want him to just read the whole book right here on the show.
Did you jump right into the big goals, or was it the baby step method?
What did I miss…
Is Thomas’ special purpose like Steve Martin’s in The Jerk?
I see…
MrJohnRead Good question! I’ll add it in
matmorrisauthor Did Dave stop singing?!
michelleread matmorrisauthor It was on for an hour. Closed on Grey Street and then Granny!! O_O_O_O
matmorrisauthor michelleread It was good stuff!
Never fear, BatmanErica is here!
TIGERNADO!!!!!
MrJohnRead Right?!
They’re just repurposed air raid sirens
BatmanErica We’ve missed you.
michelleread I’ve missed you too!
MrJohnRead That’s scary no fun time.
MrJohnRead matmorrisauthor michelleread You too?! Ughhhh
hi
Carl Sinclair Hey there! How was your banana bread?
Carl Sinclair I’ll put the billy on.
Carl Sinclair hello 🙂
Carl Sinclair Hello Mr. Sinclair
I think I’m too selfish to inspire others to write :p
Carl Sinclair Hello
Any questions for Tom, our esteemed guest?
BatmanErica Awwwww.
xgranville MrJohnRead
MrJohnRead xgranville Little bunny bunny…
Can Tom go into how he built his email list?
CateMorgan On it
xgranville MrJohnRead I don’t think that’s helping
hello
OMG the cat is on my standing desk and knocking everything off >.<
Robert Charles Hey there!
I’m confused. The only book under his name is ranked 56,000 and has 56 reviews. It doesn’t seem like it is selling thousands?
Robert Charles Well you have to consider you can only count on like one review for every (insert gobs of numbers) of purchases/readers.
Robert Charles And ranks rise and fall all the time, I sell every day and my rankings are sOOOOOOOOO garbage.
Hi matmorrisauthor !
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor Wat ^ playa
I can’t stop looking at John’s avatar
matmorrisauthor not much, but no work for awhile, back to writing 😀
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor Oh me too! Starting tomorrow! I haven’t written in nearly a month O_O
Anyone using Book Report? https://www.getbookreport.com/
matmorrisauthor longer for me. Not sure I remember how 🙁
To be fair, Michelle IS old…
michelleread Robert Charles 56k is nowhere near ‘thousands of books’ though. It doesn’t have enough reviews to suggest that many sales ever. I think they say (the experts) you get around 1 review per 80 sales. More on non fiction. I’m assuming most of his money comes from this course he does. Not the book.
*Boom*
matmorrisauthor they’re all babies
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor BOOM
BatmanErica I need more wine.
matmorrisauthor is it that bad?
BatmanErica It’s Thursday… my night to booze and troll.
What is everyone’s motivation? I don’t think my motivations motivate me…
Robert Charles michelleread His course is free as far as I am aware. He writes for various blogs and the Huffington Post.
matmorrisauthor 2.30pm friday here. Just had lunch with my dad. I had cake and didn’t feel too guilty as he’s diabetic and couldn’t.
Ugh. Crying baby
matmorrisauthor ?!?! I JUST saw this. I’m like five minutes older than you!
xgranville Robert Charles michelleread Oh I see
michelleread I’m older than both of you 😛
BatmanErica michelleread And gorgeous
michelleread matmorrisauthor Older lady.
michelleread my hair has grown 🙁
Carl Sinclair hi carl
BatmanErica michelleread Come to the after party and show us.
BatmanErica michelleread What!? really….
matmorrisauthor older women are a niche in romance–meow 😛
Robert Charles Carl Sinclair Hi Robert.
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor I don’t do romance. Personally or professionally.
matmorrisauthor I will. Had to kick out the cat, every time he rolled over something else was knocked off the desk >.<
BatmanErica Selling lots of books!
matmorrisauthor that might be your problem and why you’re online late thursday with wine and us 😛
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor BRB crying into my pillow
Robert Charles that does make me happy 😀
writerwade @michelleread Sorry I didn’t respond earlier, but the comments aren’t working for me tonight. 🙁
matmorrisauthor you just proved your a baby as well 😛
BatmanErica Hitting best seller lists and not telling people about it. I’m good at that.
So… I’m an authority in cougars… o.O
BatmanErica Freedom!
Good evening. Sorry I’m late. Everyone’s still wearing clothes. Weird. I’ll pop back later.
BatmanErica ya you are!
BatmanErica I am so glad my mic was muted!!
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor you’re
(I got nothin…)
Does he have any fiction? I’m always hesitant to take advice on writing fiction from someone who isn’t selling it.
RChazzChute Again – glad my mic is muted! Hiya.
Robert Charles I think he writes for websites. I missed parts as my baby was crying.
matmorrisauthor and you call yourself a writer?!
writerwade I’m only 34!
RChazzChute Well… not *everyone*…. O:)
SaffronB yes! Is that something you have or are still working toward?
matmorrisauthor RChazzChute I can take my pants off…
Robert Charles He doesn’t tell you how to write fiction I don’t think. It’s more about finding your passion, in general.
BatmanErica writerwade I’m 57. I suppose I’m an old man.
Robert Charles he secretly writes epic sci fi dinosaur bodice rippers 😀 Damn do those sell!
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor RChazzChute People wear clothes during this podcast? Who knew?
Robert Charles writerwade what is the male equivalent of a cougar?
BatmanErica Robert Charles I’ve yet to see a bodice that doesn’t need a good ripping…
BatmanErica SaffronB Still working towards – at least for the type of freedom I want. I love my job but I’d like to do it voluntarily, rather than as a 9-5 job. I want freedom to travel, to see my family, spend time with friends… that keeps me writing every day 🙂
matmorrisauthor Robert Charles A lot come pre-ripped these days 😛
matmorrisauthor BatmanErica right :p
Robert Charles he is a nonfiction writer
michelleread Robert Charles Sorry, I’m really confused. I thought it was a course on self publishing?
SaffronB I hope it happens sooner rather than later 🙂
writerwade Robert Charles Oh there’s plenty of fiction being communicated.
BatmanErica SaffronB likewise!
SaffronB I want my hubby to leave his job. To do that I worked out that I need to earn $9k a month. That’s a lot.
Robert Charles michelleread It is, but it’s more on the grand scale rather than individual tactics. Long term goals and etc.
See Carl Sinclair …. it’s COOL to eat eggs every single day!
Robert Charles I think he runs a community on self publishing. The podcast itself is interviews with people who self publish and share their stories and answer questions.
xgranville Robert Charles michelleread Long term goals on passion? Maybe you could have him do a blog post about it. It’s not coming across clearly what he does / how it helps verbally.
BatmanErica SaffronB Obviously I don’t know your circumstances but cutting down expenses is a fantastic way to get closer to freedom … my BF can’t get a job at the moment so we’re living on my scholarship 24K a year…. it can be done 🙂
michelleread I like eggs. from my head down to my legs. oohhh you gotta love ’em, those incredible edible eggs!
michelleread Carl Sinclair I’d happily eat them every day. It isn’t great for you though, so I read. BUT it is tasty for you.
SaffronB we talk about cutting expenses and some get cut. We’re also saving to buy a house. Once we have a house I’m allowed a cat! 😀
BatmanErica SaffronB yay! We’ve just started fostering one. It’s so cute 🙂
Robert Charles michelleread Carl Sinclair I agrees. Yummy
SaffronB I couldn’t do that. I’d never want to give them back 😀
BatmanErica SaffronB I think it’s going to be a real challenge…
So…it’s been out awhile how, but how is KU working out for people now?
BatmanErica fantastic. Love it.
BatmanErica SaffronB We took in a feral cat a few months back. He’s crazy and and super affectionate.
Carl Sinclair BatmanErica KU?
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, googs.
I think Michelle just called Shenanigans on us…
CateMorgan Ah did, yes. Keep it up!
Robert Charles Carl Sinclair BatmanErica Kindle Unlimited.
Robert Charles Kindle Unlimited. It’s a subscription model on Kindle. Any indie book in Kindle Select is automatically available for subscribers to read 🙂
michelleread Let’s hear for the first Firefly quote of the night! (Nice segue from the dinosaurs.)
David Anson BatmanErica SaffronB This one is shy but so friendly. I hope he gets more confidence 🙂
BatmanErica Robert Charles Excellent description 🙂
Carl Sinclair Thank you 🙂
michelleread you need to include reference to your poor book in a fiction book and then provide a link to it for those curious 🙂
michelleread keyword stuffing ftw!
BatmanErica Carl Sinclair I don’t think many people are making good money with 10,000 word books.
michelleread you might need to update the poor book before releasing it. 99c for starters maybe 🙂
BatmanErica michelleread I was afraid people would hate it!
Robert Charles BatmanErica Carl Sinclair Erotica and Romance maybe Robert
Robert Charles mine are 9k words 🙂
Robert Charles BatmanErica Carl Sinclair Not many, but those that do have niche categories and genres like erotica and etc.
BatmanErica Robert Charles Are you rich?
Pretty sure Thomas just gave me permission to overload his email.
xgranville Robert Charles if you write enough of them and release often you can earn a lot 🙂
michelleread they’ll appreciate the help, especially as an ebook that way no one knows they’re reading about how to survive when poor.
michelleread Poor poor Thomas. He has no idea what he just did
CateMorgan michelleread <3
BatmanErica Better than ever. Very happy with it.
Wait, you’re DD’ing? Next Friday can you give me a lift home, yes?
David Anson michelleread I know right. How do you think I got on this show.
matmorrisauthor Yarp.
BatmanErica michelleread you are nice.
michelleread CateMorgan http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/156d/
Robert Charles and tasty 😀
Robert Charles BatmanErica michelleread Erica is?
Carl Sinclair no laughing >.<
BatmanErica michelleread I tried ordering a few weeks back…they were out of stock!! But I got the Kaylee bag and Jayne hat for my local Comic Con.
MrJohnRead twitter lawyers ain’t seen this yet.
CateMorgan this one is out of stock also but more awesome! http://shirt.woot.com/offers/inevitable-betrayal
MrJohnRead at first I thought that was an evil ragey twitter bird…now he’s stupidly happy and I want to hurt him >.<
matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead Shh! It’s cute
I need toast for my hummus…
Nick Stephenson is the English lad with the wispy moustache?
Robert Charles That’s him 🙂
Robert Charles Yeah haha.
Michelle is DD’ing for me in Dallas next week.
matmorrisauthor DD’ing?
matmorrisauthor I haven’t asked permission yet! You shush.
Always trust English lads with wispy mo’s
Robert Charles They tend to bring tea.
John, your wife and I are going on a … thing… next Friday. She’s supposed to ask your permission first. I’m spoiling it.
xgranville what if you don’t like tea?
matmorrisauthor I wouldn’t recommend any woman get in a car with you. Your eyes are seedy 🙂
It’s your life… make it harder if you want. 😉
Robert Charles matmorrisauthor haha!
Robert Charles what about my eyes?
matmorrisauthor I’ll fight you for her
BatmanErica Robert Charles Cat like : )
BatmanErica xgranville You drink it.
MrJohnRead matmorrisauthor I told her that you’re welcome to go instead of her.
MrJohnRead I’d take you both if I could!
matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead Told you he was seedy.
BatmanErica xgranville Tough
xgranville blech
matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead there’s a book in that…
Here’s the afterparty link if anyone is interested:
https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/AP36tYetCs5jyjN9I2aFeGYRUd8QWH15gb3pKqExor0BekM73M6nvg
BatmanErica matmorrisauthor MrJohnRead And nobody would read it : )
xgranville What is an afterparty?
Robert Charles you’d be surprised. There is a reader for everything. Sometimes it’s only one reader, but still… 😛
Robert Charles xgranville Not sure.
I have an idea for an episode. Call me.
BatmanErica Do tell?
Carl Sinclair BatmanErica no secrets